Lab Personnel
Cara Palmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Co-Director
Education:
Ph.D, Life-Span Developmental Psychology, West Virginia University, 2014
Postdoctoral research fellowship, Clinical Child Psychology, University of Huston
[email protected]
Neha John-Henderson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Co-Director
Education:
B.A., University of California - Berkeley, Sociology, 2003
Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley, Psychology, 2014
[email protected]
Anne L. Tikkanen, R.N., RPSGT, RRT
Research Study Coordinator
Registered Nurse, Registered Polysomnographic Technician, Registered Respiratory Therapist
Elyse K. Barkstrom, B.S.
Research Assistant
Education:
B.S., Behavioral Neuroscience, Lehigh University, 2021
Jeremy A. Bigalke, M.S.
Ph.D. Candidate - Psychological Sciences
Education:
B.S., Physiology, Michigan State University, 2017
M.S., Kinesiology, Michigan Technological University, 2019
Research interests:
- Sleep and autonomic function, with a specific interest in the impact of insomnia on cardiovascular control.
- Function of the orexin system in the development of hypertension.
- Intersection between emotional regulation, sleep pathology, and autonomic dysfunction.
Jennifer R. Nicevski, B.S.
Master's Student - Human Health and Development
Education:
B.S., Kinesiology, Michigan State University, 2019
Research interests:
- Sleep and physiology
- Cardiovascular health and wellbeing
- Sleep and athletic performance
